O Happy Day

A popular song from Germany
English words by Arthur H. Vivian
Music by Carl Götze

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The sheet music:

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Alternate sheet music:

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Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:

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Lyrics

1. ‘Twas on one Sunday bright and clear
   The fairest day in all the year
   We two went strolling through the corn
   Through field and meadow, brake and thorn
   The lark say high: The Sun above
   It’s beams outpoured o’er dale and grove

Refrain
O happy day, o day so dear
How far thou art and yet how near
O happy day, o day so dear
How far thou art and yet how near

2. We strolled in silence arm in arm
   Each heart so full, each heart so warm
   Thy bright blue eyes beloved Maid
   Poured floods of light where e’er we strayed
   And deep within this heart of mine
   Thy glance did all earth’s suns outshine
3. As o’er yon lone brown heath we passed
   My heart the right word found at last
   My lips found thine, a kiss I stole
   I said, “Dost love me, O my soul?”
   And smiling there thine answer ran
   Thou knowest it not, poor hapless man?

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